Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet - Named Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and does show some use

and does show some use in the field

had a fabric carrying strap for use when dismounted from the wall

The front left chest insignia of the 427th Bombardment Squadron and features the cartoon character BUGS BUNNY with one foot on a fuse lit bomb and a carrot in the other outstretched arm

Blade Length: 17 1/4"

Original U.S. WWI Aero Squadron Leather Flying Helmet - Named Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and does show some useOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fantastic rare example of a genuine WWI Aviator flying helmet is made of a soft leather and is nearly identical to a known SPALDING pattern helmet, in fact it may very well have been made by Spalding but the maker label fell off. To see the Spalding marked helmet check out this link (it's about 2 3 of the way down the page and has a black cat painted on it). Construction is brown leather chamois lined flying